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Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to put an end to them by the sword, famine, and plague.” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.” <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine, and pestilence.” <a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.” <a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't accept their sacrifices. Instead, I'll send war, starvation, and disease to wipe them out." <a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even if they go without food, I won't listen to their cries for help. Even if they sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't be pleased with them. But I will destroy these people with wars, famines, and plagues." <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Although they fast, I won't listen to their cry, and although they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. Instead, I'll put an end to them with the sword, with famine, and with a plague." <a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues." <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> When they shall fast I hear not their outcry; and when they shall bring up a burnt-offering and gift, I accept them not; for with the sword and by famine and by death I consume them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a> If they fast, I will not listen to their supplication. If they sacrifice burnt offerings or grain offerings, I will take no pleasure in them. Rather, I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and plague. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them; but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For if they fast, I will not hear their prayer; and if they offer burnt offerings and an oblation, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because if they fast, I do not hear their prayer, and if they offer up burning offerings and a gift offering, I do not take pleasure in them, because with a sword and with starvation and with plague I am finishing them”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4265" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence</a> …11Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people. 12<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Although</a> <a href="/hebrew/6684.htm" title="6684: yā·ṣu·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To abstain from food, fast. A primitive root; to cover over, i.e. To fast.">they may fast,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nî (Adv:: 1cs) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šō·mê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen to</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7440.htm" title="7440: rin·nā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A ringing cry. From ranan; properly, a creaking, i.e. Shout.">their cry;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: wə·ḵî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">although</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·lū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">they may offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lāh (N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: ū·min·ḥāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">and grain offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nî (Adv:: 1cs) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: rō·ṣām (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">accept them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Instead,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: mə·ḵal·leh (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">will finish them off</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: ū·ḇad·de·ḇer (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">and plague.”</a> 13“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a> When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. <a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Ezekiel 8:18</a> Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.” <a href="/proverbs/1-28.htm">Proverbs 1:28</a> Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. <a href="/lamentations/3-44.htm">Lamentations 3:44</a> You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. <a href="/zechariah/7-13.htm">Zechariah 7:13</a> And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-4</a> “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a> “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. <a href="/micah/3-4.htm">Micah 3:4</a> Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. <a href="/hosea/5-6.htm">Hosea 5:6</a> They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. <a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18</a> When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.” <a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23</a> Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ <a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Luke 13:25-27</a> After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ / Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ / And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ <a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a> And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. <a href="/1_john/3-22.htm">1 John 3:22</a> and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. <a href="/john/9-31.htm">John 9:31</a> We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.they fast.<a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.<a href="/proverbs/1-28.htm">Proverbs 1:28</a> Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:<a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Proverbs 28:9</a> He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.and when.<a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a> To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.<a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21,22</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh… <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.but.<a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16</a> I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2,3</a> And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity… <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Although</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Need</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-22.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Present</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-28.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Although</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/joel/2-5.htm">Consuming</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-6.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-43.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-21.htm">Present</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/jeremiah/14.htm">Jeremiah 14</a>, the people of Judah are experiencing a severe drought, which they interpret as a sign of divine displeasure. Fasting, a common practice in ancient Israel, was often used to express repentance and seek God's favor. However, God declares that He will not listen to their cries, indicating that their fasting is insincere or that their repentance is not genuine. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God desires obedience and a contrite heart over ritualistic practices (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, <a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-7</a>). The people's failure to turn from their idolatry and injustice renders their fasting ineffective.although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Burnt offerings and grain offerings were central to the sacrificial system in ancient Israel, symbolizing atonement and thanksgiving. However, God rejects these offerings from Judah, highlighting the futility of external religious rituals without true repentance and moral integrity. This echoes the prophetic critique found in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a> and <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>, where God expresses disdain for sacrifices devoid of justice and righteousness. The rejection of these offerings underscores the seriousness of Judah's spiritual condition and the need for genuine transformation.Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” The triad of sword, famine, and plague represents the comprehensive nature of divine judgment. These calamities were common consequences of covenant unfaithfulness as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The sword signifies warfare and invasion, famine results from drought and siege, and plague often follows in the wake of these disasters. This judgment is a fulfillment of the covenant curses, emphasizing the severity of Judah's rebellion. The phrase also foreshadows the Babylonian conquest and exile, a pivotal event in Israel's history. In a broader theological context, these judgments serve as a warning of the consequences of sin and the need for repentance, while also pointing to the ultimate deliverance and restoration found in Jesus Christ, who bears the curse of sin on behalf of humanity (<a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a> The sovereign Lord who communicates His displeasure and impending judgment through the prophet Jeremiah. 4. <a href="/topical/f/fasting_and_offerings.htm">Fasting and Offerings</a> Religious practices intended to seek God's favor, which are rejected due to the people's insincerity and unrepentant hearts. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sword,_famine,_and_plague.htm">Sword, Famine, and Plague</a> Instruments of divine judgment that God declares He will use against Judah for their persistent rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_sincerity_in_worship.htm">The Importance of Sincerity in Worship</a> God desires genuine worship that stems from a heart aligned with His will, rather than mere ritualistic practices. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unrepentance.htm">The Consequences of Unrepentance</a> Persistent disobedience and insincerity in worship lead to divine judgment, as seen in the severe consequences faced by Judah. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_true_repentance.htm">The Call to True Repentance</a> True repentance involves a change of heart and behavior, not just external acts of piety. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God is just and sovereign, and His judgments are righteous responses to human sinfulness. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_in_calling_for_repentance.htm">The Role of Prophets in Calling for Repentance</a> Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers, calling people back to faithfulness and warning of the consequences of sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27's portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_confirm_ezekiel_14_13-21.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that confirm the severe judgments (famine, wild beasts, sword, plague) predicted in Ezekiel 14:13–21? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_forbid_intercession_here.htm">Jeremiah 14:11-12: Why would God forbid prayers of intercession, when other biblical passages encourage praying for others?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) An oblation.--The minchah or meat-offering of <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm" title="And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon:">Leviticus 2:1</a>. We need not assume that the fast and the sacrifice were necessarily hypocritical, though doubtless much of this mingled itself with the worship of Israel now as it had done in the days of Isaiah, and met with a like rejection (<a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm" title="And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.">Isaiah 1:15</a>). The lesson here is rather that they came too late to stay the discipline of chastisement.By the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence,--The history of the world shows how constantly the latter plagues have followed in the wake of the former, and the union of the three has become proverbial (<a href="/context/leviticus/26-25.htm" title="And I will bring a sword on you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.">Leviticus 26:25-26</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm" title="A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the middle of you: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.">Ezekiel 5:12</a>). In <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm" title="For thus said the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?">Ezekiel 14:21</a> the "noisome beast" is added to make up the list of the four sore judgments of God. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Their cry. The word is very forcible; it is the shriek in which an unsophisticated man gives vent to his pain and grief. An oblation. It is the vegetable offering (Authorized Version, "meat offering;" Luther, "speisopfer") which is referred to in the so-called minkhah (literally, gift). Though sometimes offered separately, it regularly accompanied a burnt offering. I will not accept them. Dr. Payne Smith tries to soften the rejection of these worshippers by the remark that "there is a time when the most genuine repentance avails nothing to avert the temporal consequences of sin." But the analogy of other similar passages (e.g. <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>) warrants the view of Keil that the ground of the rejection of the worship is its heartless formalism and insincerity, which was equally a bar to Jehovah's favor and the prophet's intercession. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Although כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they may fast, יָצֻ֗מוּ (yā·ṣu·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6684.htm">Strong's 6684: </a> To abstain from food, fast I will not אֵינֶ֤נִּי (’ê·nen·nî) Adverb | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle listen to שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ (šō·mê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently their cry; רִנָּתָ֔ם (rin·nā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7440.htm">Strong's 7440: </a> A creaking, shout although וְכִ֧י (wə·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they may offer יַעֲל֛וּ (ya·‘ă·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively burnt offerings עֹלָ֥ה (‘ō·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering and grain offerings, וּמִנְחָ֖ה (ū·min·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering I will not אֵינֶ֣נִּי (’ê·nen·nî) Adverb | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle accept them. רֹצָ֑ם (rō·ṣām) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt Instead, כִּ֗י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I אָנֹכִ֖י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I will finish them off מְכַלֶּ֥ה (mə·ḵal·leh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent by sword בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (ba·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and famine וּבָרָעָ֣ב (ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger and plague.” וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר (ū·ḇad·de·ḇer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:12 When they fast I will not hear (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>